“I’m Chaz Bono, I’m the first transgender contestant on Dancing With the Stars, which means that I was born with a female body, but have transitioned and am now a male,” he said. “People first got to know me as Sonny and Cher’s child on their TV show.”

“Chazzy Boy you can dance! I think people have been waiting all night to see you Chaz, and you did not disappoint,” judge Carrie Ann Inaba gushed after the 42-year-old’s upbeat Cha Cha performance. “You’ve got great footwork.”

Len Goodman echoed a similar sentiment.

“Right on time, good footwork and great attitude, well done,” he shared.